JILL ANDREWS, a graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, has built costumes for Broadway, film, television, and regional theater. She runs her own custom-design business, Jill Andrews Gowns, in Baltimore, Maryland.
RONA BERG is a wellness and sustainable lifestyle expert. She has served as editorial director of Elle and deputy lifestyle editor of the New York Times Magazine. Currently editor in chief of Organic Spa Magazine, she is the author of the bestselling books Beauty: The New Basics and Fast Beauty: 1,000 Quick Fixes.
KARIMA CAMMELL is the founder of Castle in the Air, a shop, classroom, and online community supporting artists worldwide. She publishes books under her own imprint, Dromedary Press.
JOELLEN ELAM CONWAY is a fantasy costume designer based in Los Angeles who specializes in couture bridal gowns and accessories through her labels, Firefly Path and Firefly Path Bridal.
ALLEN CRAWFORD wrote, designed, and illustrated his book The Affected Provincial’s Companion, Volume One under the nom de plume Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy, and illustrated his award-winning book, Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself.
FLORENTINA DURAN works as a bartender in Baltimore, Maryland.
SARA GHEDINA is a food blogger and food photographer.
MASSIE JONES is a fiber artist and gemologist. She is pursuing a degree in cellular and molecular biology.
STEVE PARKE is an award-winning illustrator, designer, and photographer as well as the photo editor of Faerie Magazine. His photography work with Prince has been published in numerous magazines, including People, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. His book Picturing Prince was published in 2017.
LAURA RUSSELL is the owner and creator of the blog Make Life Lovely, which features craft tutorials, party tips, and DIY projects.
TRICIA SAROYA is a fine artist whose work is represented by several galleries. She is also a floral and event designer.
TIMOTHY SCHAFFERT is the award-winning author of five novels, most recently The Swan Gondola. He is also a professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
NIKKI VERDECCHIA has been styling and coloring hair for more than twenty years. She is the owner of NV Salon Collective in Baltimore, Maryland.
VINTAGE ROADSIDE (the husband-and-wife team of Jeff Kunkle and Kelly Burg) has worked to preserve, share, and raise awareness of America’s midcentury roadside history for more than a decade.
STEPHEN D. WINICK, PHD, is a folklorist, writer, editor, and singer. He edits the blog Folklife Today at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and has written numerous articles on music and folklore.
TERI PRINGLE WOOD is a longtime decorative artist and teacher whose elaborately decorated cookies are displayed all over the world.